VESSEL-PLATFORM COLLISION: Survivors to arrive in stages
MIRI: Forty-six survivors from the 125 who jumped off from the MV Dayang Topaz vessel which crashed into an oil rig platform arrived at the Krokop offshore jetty in stages today (Oct 27). The vessel was carrying 187 crew members; 125 jumped overboard while 62 remained on board. The remaining 79 crew members who jumped, […]
VESSEL-PLATFORM COLLISION: One person dead, four missing
MIRI: A maintenance vessel capsized about 7.7 nautical miles off Miri waters at 6.30am on Tuesday (Oct 27). A search and rescue operations (SAR) was immediately activated to locate the victims after a distress call on the incident was made. One hundred and twenty-one crew members were rescued at 8.45am, with one of them was […]
SAR launched for missing septuagenarian
SARIKEI: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched for an elderly man reported missing while fishing at Sungai Rusa last Tuesday. The victim, identified as Liong Kheng Onn, 72, was said to have gone out fishing around 5pm that day. According to a police report lodged by the victim’s daughter, her father had not […]
Missing elderly man found dead
MIRI: A senior citizen who went missing last Saturday (Sept 19) was found dead in a bush at Jalan Padang Kerbau here by a search-and-rescue (SAR) team on Sunday (Sept 20). According to Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6 chief Supt Law Poh Kiong, the deceased, identified as Razanee Tali, 70, was found […]
Crew rescued from sinking ship
BINTULU: Eight crew members of a cargo ship nearly drowned when their ship almost sank following a storm about 17 nautical miles from Bintulu Port on Saturday. Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Zone acting director Effendy Mohamed Fadil said that the operations centre received information on the 9.50am incident. A search and rescue (SAR) […]
Boy’s body found in boat tragedy
MARUDI: The body of a teenage boy, who went missing last Saturday after a boat capsized in Long Mewah, has been found. Franky Setiawan Jena, 14, was one of five people on board the boat when it capsized around 9.30pm after hitting a rock while on its way back to SK Long Aton that day. […]
SAR for missing teen
TANJUNG MANIS: A search and rescue (SAR) operation is underway for a 14-year-old boy who has gone missing in what is suspected to be a crocodile attack in a river at Rumah Dadat last Sunday. In the second day of the search, the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) informed that the SAR team continued […]
Search continues for missing senior citizen
BETONG: The search is still ongoing for 70-year-old Linjong Edward, who was reported missing from an oil palm estate at Kampung Tabut Skrang, last Wednesday. A spokesperson from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said day five of the search and rescue (SAR) operation commenced in the morning with two groups. “The first group conducted […]
Drown victim found after 3-day search
DARO: The body of 11-year-old Mohamad Amirul Dedy Susanto was discovered on Wednesday evening (July 22) after he was reported missing when he slipped and fell into the river at Kampung Hilir, Kuala Matu on Monday (July 20). The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that the victim’s body was found at 4.30pm about […]
SAR still ongoing
PUSA: There is still no sign of Sarkawi Talip, 61 as the search operation enters day four (July 5) — the victim went missing after he was believed to be attacked by a crocodile at Sungai Undey. In the fourth day of the search and rescue (SAR) operation today, the State Fire and Rescue Department […]
